Whath vs Hath - What's the difference?
whath | hath |
(nonstandard) Which ordinal number.
(archaic) (have)
* ... unto every one that hath' shall be given, and from him that '''hath''' not, even that he ' hath shall be taken away ... - Luke 19:26
As a noun whath
is which ordinal number.As a verb hath is
third-person singular of have.whath
English
Alternative forms
* whatthNoun
- Thanksgiving is on the whath of November this year?
Usage notes
Although easily understood, this construction is rarely used even in informal speech.Quotations
* 1884 , Selections from the Satires of Juvenal: To which is Added the Fifth Satire of Persius , page 144, Eldredge & Brother *: Macleane explains himself very well when he says that “Whath part?”'' would express ''quota pars'', if we could coin an interrogative adjective after the analogy of the ''seventh'' part, ''eighth , etc. * 1996 March, Constantin Dumitrescu and V. Seleacu, The Smarandache Function , page 111, Erhus University Press *: Namely, for whath triplets... of positive integers the Smarandache function verifies a Fibonacci-like equality * 1996 September 4, Jim Farrell, “Blue eyes cryin' in the rain”, bit.listserv.words-l, Usenet *: It'sometimes [sic. ] amusing, sometimes, well, just majestic, especially King George the whath , E. Rex's father.hath
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Verb
(head)- Thirty days hath September.
